Patience is in short supply in our current world view. But it is oooh so important to success.

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Oprah, JK Rowling, George R.R. Martin, Elon Musk, none of these people became successes OVERNIGHT. Whales are whales because they put in the time, made the effort, and built from the ground up.

Did they luck into being here early enough to take advantage of the system in it's infancy? They did. But they still had to work.

And guess what? We found the system early enough to be whales too. If we work hard, persevere, and work together, we are still way ahead of the curve. Just look at the "beta" tag sitting in the top left of your screen for affirmation of that.

We create our own future. Griping and complaining about the state of affairs does nothing. It surely isn't going to get a whale to come by and take pity on poor little minnows.

Create good content, keep creating good content, and keep reaching out to people and create relationships. Make people notice you with your positivism and willingness to help. Traction comes slowly, but it does come.

We all want to make thousands a month from typing up a blog or making funny memes. But it all has to start with the first penny, first dollar, first ten, first hundred. And each milestone you hit gets you that much closer to hitting it again and having repeated success.

Steemit is NOT passive income. We have to work for every penny received. But if we work at it, reinvest our earnings into the system, and help the thousands of other people who will be flocking to this platform in the next few years, then we will need a term for something larger than whales.

Well said @inquiringtimes! This is a good read for everyone, regardless of position in the spectrum of minnow to whale.